Stanczyk is always seeking out high quality resources that provide context for understanding and/or to provide ideas for new avenues of research. One of the great resources since about 1985, has been Avotaynu. Besides their journal of the same name which is the largest circulation magazine of Jewish Genealogy, they also publish many reference books for Eastern Europe that are of aid Jewish and Non-Jewish researchers alike.

They maintain an index of their published issues (1985-2008) here (http://www.avotaynu.com/indexsum.htm). It is broken down by various countries. This material can also be found in back issues, libraries, and they offer a CD covering the entire 24 year span. This jester sat down to produce a Polish Index for Polish Genealogists of all stripes (Enjoy!):

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Title / Description

ISSUE

YEAR

1

Jewish records at the Genealogical Society of Utah

II/1/03

1986

2

Index to Polish-Jewish records at Genealogical Society of Utah

II/1/05

1986

3

Book review: The Jews in Poland and Russia–Biographical Essay

III/1/38

1987

4

Origin of Russian-Jewish surnames

III/2/03

1987

5

Breakthrough in access to Polish-Jewish records

IV/1/10

1988

6

Book review: Jews of Posen in 1834 and 1835

IV/2/26

1988

7

Update on project to microfilm Jewish records in Poland

IV/3/12

1988

8

Doing research in the Polish State Archives

IV/3/21

1988

9

Jewish Historical Institute in Poland

V/2/07

1989

10

Jewish genealogical research in Poland

V/2/08

1989

11

Trip to Poznan: The Poland that was not

V/3/16

1989

12

Professional genealogists in Poland

V/4/04

1989

13

List of former Jewish residents of Lodz

V/4/15

1989

14

Caricatures in Polish vital statistic records

VI/1/16

1993

15

Polish trip for Jewish genealogists planned

VI/1/41

1993

16

Using Prussian gazetteers to locate Jewish religious and civil records in Poznan

VI/2/12

1993

17

Sephardic migrations into Poland

VI/2/14

1993

18

A genealogical tour through Poland

VI/3/16

1993

19

Program Judaica to document Jewish history

VI/3/19

1993

20

Jewish researcher in Poland

VI/3/39

1993

21

Jews in Poland today

VI/4/63

1993

22

Polish maps available in the U.S.

VIII/1/58

1993

23

Weiner discusses developments in Poland and Ukraine

VIII/3/64

1993

24

A 1992 research trip to Poland

VIII/4/12

1993

25

Survey of Jewish cemeteries yields results

VIII/4/17

1993

26

Cites Polish “rip off”

IX/1/65

1988

27

Asks why survey of Polish cemeteries does not include all regions

IX/1/67

1988

28

Polish-Jewish genealogical research–A primer

IX/2/04

1988

29

More on the survey of Polish cemeteries

IX/2/13

1988

30

Book review: Korzenie Polskie: Polish Roots

IX/2/61

1988

31

Polish-Jewish heritage seminar planned for July in Krakow

IX/2/65

1988

32

Asks for clarification (of Polish-Jewish records)

IX/3/66

1988

33

Stettin emigration lists found

IX/3/67

1988

34

Head of the Polish State Archives clarifies policies

IX/4/04

1988

35

Book review: Jews in Poland: A Documentary History

IX/4/69

1988

36

More on Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research

X/1/12

1994

37

Directory of Polish State Archives

X/1/14

1994

38

Archives of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw

X/1/41

1994

39

Jewish genealogical research in Polish archives

X/2/05

1994

40

Jewish surnames in the Kingdom of Poland

X/2/15

1994

41

Polish sources at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

X/2/21

1994

42

Success in dealing with Polish archives

X/2/48

1994

43

Gleanings from a symposium on bibliographies of Polish Judaica

X/4/56

1994

44

Polish name lists sought

XI/1/67

1995

45

Nineteenth-Century Congress Documents and the Jews of Congress Poland

XI/3/24

1995

46

Polish Vital Records for the Very Beginner: The Polish Language Challenged

XI/4/29

1995

47

Alternate surnames in Russian Poland

XII/2/15

1996

48

Census records and city directories in the Krakow Archives

XII/2/27

1996

49

Book review: The Jews in Poland and Russia: Bibliographical Essays

XII/2/63

1996

50

Alternative research sources in Poland

XII/2/65

1996

51

Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw

XII/3/51

1996

52

Director General of the Polish State Archives dies

XII/3/55

1996

53

An interview with the new Polish State Archivist

XII/4/03

1996

54

On-site Jewish genealogical research in Poland: an overview

XII/4/04

1996

55

The Jewish cemetery in Warsaw

XII/4/56

1996

56

Book review: Polish Countrysides: Photographs and Narrative

XII/4/81

1996

57

German and Polish Place Names

XIV/2/33

1998

58

List of More than 300,000 Polish Holocaust Survivors Received by USHMM In Wash. DC 19th- and 20th-Century Polish Directories as Resources for Genealogical Information

XIII/1/25

1997

59

Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire

XIII/2/63

1997

60

Lw¢w Ghetto Records Being Indexed

XIII/3/66

1997

61

Cites Location of Polish Directories

XIII/4/98

1997

62

Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories; And I Still See Their Faces: Images of Polish Jews; Guide to the YIVO Archives; Luboml: Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl

XIV/1/63

1998

63

Comments on Jewish Roots in Poland

XIV/2/65

1998

64

Report on Jewish Communities in Poland Today

XIV/2/65

1998

65

How I Found a New Ancestor in Krak¢w, Poland

XIV/4/65

1998

66

18th-Century Polish Jewry: Demographic and Genealogical Problems

XV/4/9

1999

67

Tips on Translating Entries from Slownik Geograficzny

XVI/3/49

2000

68

The Polish Concept of Permanent Place of Residence

XVI/3/12

2000

69

More About Polish Books of Residents’ Registration

XVI/3/14

2000

70

Can Jewish Genealogists Successfully Research 18th-Century Poland?

XVI/3/16

2000

71

History Book Illuminates Jewish Life in Poland

XVI/3/40

2000

72

Book Review: History of the Jews in Poland and Russia

XVI/3/65

2000

73

Book Review: In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin and Russia Documents. Volume 1: Polish

XVI/4/87

2000

74

Breaking New Ground: The Story of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Project